Readers rush to quiz Tory leader

MANCHESTER Evening News readers are rushing to take part in our live debate with Conservative leader David Cameron next week. Dozens of letters and emails have been flooding in - and there is still time for YOU to apply to take part. Mr Cameron has agreed to an hour-long grilling by M.E.N. readers on Tuesday on the subject of the economy.

MANCHESTER Evening News readers are rushing to take part in our live debate with Conservative leader David Cameron next week.

Dozens of letters and emails have been flooding in - and there is still time for YOU to apply to take part.

Mr Cameron has agreed to an hour-long grilling by M.E.N. readers on Tuesday on the subject of the economy.

The debate will kick off at noon in a city centre location. Successful applicants will be given full details of where to attend.

Questions already lodged by readers cover everything from whether the entire banking system should be nationalised, to what Mr Cameron would have done differently to Gordon Brown over the past decade to put Britain's economy in better shape for the years ahead.

Other applicants want to ask about savers and pensioners being hit by plummeting interest rates; whether a Conservative government would make more money available for public transport and whether the destruction of Britain's manufacturing industry will make it more difficult to recover from a recession.

The debate will give the public its first chance to quiz Mr Cameron directly since his recent attack on Mr Brown's handling of the current economic crisis.

If you aren't lucky enough to be there in person, you can still see the action on our sister television station, Channel M, which will be broadcasting the whole event live between noon and 1pm.

To take part in the debate, email debates@men-news.co.uk with your name, address, job, contact details and your question. Questions should be short, direct and relate to economic issues.